Coat-collar.



BATENTED SEPT. 8, 1993;

L. J. RODGERS.

GOAT COLLAR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 18, 1908.

LEON J oeroeoo lLllNG-lB,

RODGFRS ()F CHICAGO .ZJLIN'GKS ASS A CQlilgi-UXTEUN Cl SGAECQLLA'ELFetent, IEatomte-i *3, 1908.

Application filefi. June 13, 3.953. Eerie filo. f3,i318.

To /ZZ whom it may concern:

. ii] known that I, LrioN J. Honorees, a citizen or the Umted States,residing etChi- 0e 0,. in the county of Cook and State of llli 1101s,have invented certain new and useful improvements Coat-Collere of whichthe following is a speeiification. Th

overcoat collars and the object of thelinvention is to so out and fitthe collar and the lepeleof the coat that the eoet may be worn number ordiil'erent Ways, thereby mlept .5. for changes in the weather andenabling the coat to serve as a dress coat, automobile o or militaryooet Without. change or rnorlifieetion, sore only in the position inWhieh the collar and lepels ore Worn. The collar and lopele so arrangedthat the coat will fit the wearer smoothly and perfectly re-. gertlleseof the pertiouler manner in which it is Worn, which perfection of fit isdue to the the collar, which can be folded on' either one of twodifferent liners, enabling; it to used either Wrh or Without tab, whichFonts .o'ie very considerable degree of ed ded over; and. Fig. a View ofthe x the eel: turneai do; i both of folded eel; I

T g. as ordifierily eir Weather/or for dress purposes, is provided withpair of lapels 6, which, when coon is were. open, fold fi-lflilg thelines The lepels merge into collar 8; In

meter ell differ. from seat of ordinary 1 presentinvention, whichenables the colla to teal to difl'erent positions unheated V whichinstead of being out in the ueoel out to provide an inner strai litinvention relates more particularly to 1 i respects above mentioned theeoet does eotoli. 9 intermediate the collar and. the

gedgge 1O Whi'eh is' out at e very considerable,

angle to the upper eoller edge 11; and the lower or lapel e lge l2. Theedge 10, as. shown, extends at an obtose angle with re-- epeot'to theedge of the oollerand et'an' oblique angle with reepeet'to the being soe-rreoged that whee. the collar is Worn :itery feeliion, es shim 1e. inFigs. 1, aml 37,, the edges 10 will oevupy e substantially vertieleosition end lie in eloee proximity to one mother, as shown 11 lot-telllines in Fi L When in this "position the collar W il be" turned. alongthe outer Mild 13 which extends from the 11 per angle 0 the streilltedgelfi eml eroum to the Back of thecoller. When the collar isadjusted; to this position a tab 14 is worn under the fold of the collarand. over lying the straight e holds the collar in vertical position amtgives it the required to maintain its pro position around. the neck ofthe wearer, With the ooller or overlapped, elsfshown in. Fig; 9. .fWhexioverlapped, the elite-st axed 1166K oi the wearer Wlll be rallyprotected tlw EtQldiOIl of or will 0 elevated to pro toot the wearer uof the jaw. F111 ermoie, the coil i -Jill be held snugly endv firmly bythe provision of the tab, whioh affords the necessary. stiffening tomaintain the oolle in its adjusted "position, and same time protects thewearer against the admission Wind, snow or rain through "the openingeetween the vertioe-l' edges of the Geller thus ezgl usteai w ciesireoto :7 collar ivnin' lower or eeute the book of the one; this line theangle of the edge 16 are eoller so when. felalee ml, as military collar,the lepels eon eitoer be turned back Wholly, or in. pert, as shown 1nFigs. 1 and 3,

10' thereof, which ooller ll occupy lower poeition then that pl'evloeely(lQSCllJfid, 1 expose more of the meek of; the "er err is eonrerlientmethod of W'QFLIH; the collar in moderate Weather; or when is desiredtoevoid the military When the coat is wornes in.

EI-g 5 it will clifierfonly slightly r we :re a coat of the ordinaryout, so that ;t e loe'emtebly were for dress or similar porposee,

appear The peculiar cut of the notch 9, which pro-' vides two innerangles andan inner connecting edge, affords two lines insteadof one"along which the collar-can be folded, and also aflords a-spaceffor theproper positioning "yam. tab, thereby permitting variations in ,dervarious conditions of weather.

Althoughathe drawings illustrate the invention as ap lied'to a manscoat, it is not intended to e'..limited strictly to mens ,-g'oats-,'but.is-aintended tobe applied to top ijeoats worn-by women and boys.

'WhatI claim as new and desire to secure hytLetters-Patent is:

A coatprovided with a collar andlapels :mhd having intermediate thecollar andlapels v It per and lower edges in each side a notch, saidnotch'having three straight edges, the upper and lower edges bestraightedge located at an angle to said upv2. A 'coat having a militarylapels,- and having intermediate the collar lower edges beingsubstantially-para le l, the inner straight edges cut'at an angle withrespect to the edge of the collar and-lapel and occupying substantiallya vertical position whenthe collar is worn'military style, the collarbeing folded down alonga line extendin from the 'upper termini of theinnervertica edges, and a tab having its ends underlying the turn downcollar and overlying the inner vertical edges. a a 1 v LEON J. RODGERS.Witnesses:

SAMUEL W. BANNING, WALKER BANNING.

collar and 25. mg substantially parallel, and the inner 30 and lapels oneach side a notch, said notch v having three straight edges, the upperand,

